These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.